you're completely missing the point. not only would it make zero sense to ban all 100% confusion ones except the most problematic one, but your reasoning on why dynamicpunch should be the exception makes even less sense. the fact that it's a reliable stab move does nothing but make it more of an issue in terms of uncompetitiveness because it just means that it's actually a good option to use unlike confuse ray and friends. The crit rate of cross chop couldn't be less relevant, the only reason it's even being brought up is because it gives machoke and machamp a stab option that doesn't lower their defenses which means that dynamicpunch being banned doesn't "nerf" them.I'm okay with banning Confuse Ray on like the same grounds as Swagger, but Dynamic Punch should stay. Yes, it is a 100% confusion move, but I would say that the confusion isn't the only reason you would use it over another move. It's still a rather strong and 100% reliable STAB move on Pokemon like Machoke and Machamp. Though the confusion is nice, it's also used over Close Combat because it doesn't drop your defenses and can allow you to stay in for another turn and attack again without the decreased bulk. The argument can be made that Cross Chop is roughly the same, but the only reason to use No Guard Cross Chop over Dynamic Punch is the higher critical hit ratio. Yeah Dynamic Punch can help you cheese through some otherwise decent checks, but like so can hax from anything, it's just that Dynamic Punch has a higher chance of it. The increased critical hit ratio can just as easily help bogus your way through a counter as the actually kind of unreliable confusion.
Also I wouldn't really say the metagame without confusion would be more fun because nobody but low ladder people really uses it because it's kind of a garbage strategy :/
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